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Patent GB-190908054-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Fixing Optical Instruments to Tripods and other Stands.
IPC: F16M11/04
Filed: 1909-04-03
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 8054. Optische Anstalt C. P. Goerz Akt.-Ges. Jan. 21, [Convention date]. Optical apparatus, stand fittings for. A device for attaching to a stand an optical instrument having its main tube transverse to the line of sight, as shown in Fig. 1, comprises abutments, arranged in pairs 2, 2 and 3, 4 attached to the instrument 1 and the band respectively. The abutment 2, on the righthand side of the operator, has a concave semicylindrical surface adapted to engage the abutment 3, which is in the form of a bar so that the instrument can be rotated in the vertical plane while the abutments 2, 3 are engaged. The other abutment 2 on the instrument engages a spring-controlled clip 4, which can be slid back to release the abutment 2 by the projections 6 shown in the plan view, Fig: 3.
Patent GB-190911120-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bookmarkers.
Inventor: PARBURY GEORGE
IPC: B42D3/14
Filed: 1909-05-11
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 11,120. Parbury, G., and Portway, H. May 11. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Paper-knives.-A tablet e of xylonite, metal, cardboard, &c., attached to the upper bar or bars a of a special form of bookmarker, is used for notes or for advertising, and is made detachable for use as a paper-knife.
Patent GB-190912292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Lubricators for Railway Axle Boxes and the like.
Inventor: LADDS JAMES OSWALD
IPC: B61F17/08
Filed: 1909-05-25
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 12,292. Ladds, J. O. May 25. Capillary - action l u b r i c a t o r s. - A lubricating-pad for railway-axle boxes &c. is secured to a spring frame by detachable c l i p s comprising flexible arms g, Fig. 5, fastened to the pad a by hollow rivets h. The arms g are passed through and around the frame members e,f and are bent as shown. The rivets h may also secure the stops d that prevent too close contact between the pad and the journal. In a modification, the arms g pass through slots in a plate which is riveted to the frame. Instead of using clips g, the rivets h may have necks engaging keyhole slots in the frame. The springs c of the frame are supplemented by auxiliary springs k.
Patent GB-190913438-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Frying Pans for Preparing Omelets and other Articles of Food.
Inventor: FRENCH HELEN ROWLAND
IPC: A47J37/10
Filed: 1909-06-08
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 13,438. French, H. R. June 8. Frying - pans ; handles. - A pan for cooking omelets, fish roe, potatoes, &c. has an inner bottom comprising a part 5, which is secured to the bottom proper 3 by rivets 6, and a part 7, which is hinged to the part 5 and is adapted to be turned in the manner indicated in Fig. 4. The part 7 is turned by a removable pin 8, which has a handle 8<1> and is secured in place by a nut 12. The edge 17 of the part 7 is turned over to strengthen it, and. the part 7 is secured in its normal position by a catch 13. The edge 15 of the part 5 is shaped to form a channel, which prevents the fat from flowing into the space 16. The vessel is provided with a handle 2.
Patent GB-190918263-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Railway Tram and like Vehicles.
Inventor: NEACHELL EDWARD JOHN
IPC: B61K3/00
Filed: 1909-08-07
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 18,263. Neachell, E. J. Aug. 7. Force-feed lubricators.-Semi-solid lubricant is supplied to the inner faces of the wheel flanges of railway or tramway vehicles &c., to reduce friction against the guide or check rails by expressing it from a suitable closed receptacle. A box 1, containing grease or semi-solid lubricant, is placed in proximity to the rail 2, and is provided with holes 3 through which the lubricant is forced on to the flanges of passing wheels. The box 1 contains a piston 4 on a screwed spindle 6 operated by ratchet gearing 7, 8. A treadle bar 12, which is depressed by the wheel flanges, is connected by a link 10 to a pivoted lever 9 carrying the pawl 8. The bar 12 is restored to its normal position by a counterweight 14 or by springs. Stops 15 are provided for the links 10, 13. To prevent the piston 4 from fracturing the cover of the box 1 at the end of its stroke, a portion of the spindle 6 is unthreaded as shown. Grease boxes such as shown at 1 may be carried on tram-cars, being operated by the driver or by automatic means.
Patent GB-190918691-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Counting Trains for Electricity or other Meters.
IPC: G07F15/08
Filed: 1909-08-13
Granted: 1910-07-28
Abstract: 18,691. Hamilton, W., and Ferranti, Ltd. Aug. 13. C o u n t e r s , arrangement of. - A rate-changing gear for electric or other meters consists of an epicylic train having a velocityratio between the first and last wheels of unity, and arranged so that when changing from recording on one dial to recording on another dial, no rotary motion is imparted to the dials. In one arrangement, three wheels a, x, b are carried by an arm c operate by electro-. magnets g, Fig. 4. The magnets attract a spring-controlled armature h which engages with a slot in the arm. In another arrangement, the intermediate wheel x is replaced by two wheels on the same shaft.
Patent GB-190921179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Homopolar Generators and Motors and other Electrical Machines having a Large Number of Collector Rings.
Inventor: BARBOUR RALPH HENRY
IPC: H02K31/02
Filed: 1909-09-16
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 21,179. Barbour, R. H. Sept. 16. Collecting-rings. -The collecting- rings of homopolar and other dynamo machines are supported in one or more groups, so that there is a clear annular air space between the inner periphery of the rings and the shaft or core. In the homopolar construction shown in end and sectional views in Figs. 2 and 3, the rings b are supported on insulated bolts d, which are bedded in the central pole c<1> of the core a and in a ring c at its end. They are separated from one another by insulating- washers e, and the air-space a' is in connexion with the outer air through end passages a<2>. The axial expansion of the rings may be allowed for by making the separators of a springy nature, or by providing a yielding laminated end abutment for the group of rings. The rings are connected to the armature by insulated conductors passing through holes in the rings.
Patent GB-190921445-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Belt Fasteners.
Inventor: MARTIN WILLIAM
IPC: F16G3/00
Filed: 1909-09-20
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 21,445. Martin, W. Sept. 20. Belt-fastenings.-Polygonal eyelets are used with driving-belt lacings. As shown, an eyelet 3 of keystone shape is arranged with its shorter side towards the belt end, and may be provided with tail-pieces 6 surrounding the stem of the eyelet and riveted to the belt. Instead of a tubular stem, the eyelet head 13 may be provided with prongs 14, clinched over a washer on the opposite side of the belt. The lacing preferably consists of a strip of raw hide of rectangular cross-section.
Patent GB-190926620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toy and Game Trap Shooters and Projectile Catchers.
Inventor: EVANS CLARENCE ALBURTUS
IPC: A63F9/02
Filed: 1909-11-16
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 26,620. Evans, C. A. Nov. 16. Projecting-appliances for rings.-In games in which rings thrown into the air are caught on a stick, the rings M are projected by a spring F secured to an arm C pivoted to a base A. A cord passes through an opening in the front of the arm C, and is connected to a catch H. In use, the spring F is bent until it is engaged by the catch H, and a ring M is placed on the head G. The cord when pulled lightly by the player, causes the arm C to rotate until it points towards him. A stronger pull on the cord releases the spring, the ring is thrown into the air and the player endeavours to catch it on his stick. The rings may be plain or provided with feathers and may be caught in a net or wire ring attached to a handle, or on a pole extending from a gunstock.
Patent GB-190927717-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable Clip or Fastening for Detachable Non-skid Bands and the like for Pneumatic Tyres for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: ARMSTRONG WILLIAM
IPC: B60C27/00
Filed: 1909-11-29
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 27,717. Armstrong, W. Nov. 29. Tyre attachments to rims.- To allow for adjustability in securing a tread band b to the wheel rim h, plates a secured to the edges of the band are formed with lugs c and a series of slots d, e, which are adapted to engage tongues j, l, respectively on hooks f engaging the wheel rim.
Patent GB-190927916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering Sheets of Paper One by One from a Pile.
Inventor: POLLARD EDWARD THOMAS
IPC: B65H3/02
Filed: 1908-12-01
Granted: 1910-01-03
Abstract: 27,916. Pollard, E. T. Dec. 1, 1908. Feeding sheets.-The sheets to be fed are stacked in a hopper 1, where they are supported at the rear on a roller 2, and in front on a roughened segment 3 and finger 16 on a pivoted frame 15. The segment 3 is oscillated by a link 10 from a sprocketwheel 7 driven by a chain 6 from the main shaft. The segment 3, as it turns backwards, withdraws the bottom sheet from the fingers 16, and then, as it turns forwards, feeds it into grippers 27, 28. At the same time, the frame 15 is tilted by a rod 17 and a cam on the shaft 19, causing the fingers 16 to lift the front of the pile clear of the advancing sheet. A spring 23 returns the frame 15. The grippers 27 comprise two arms 26 mounted respectively on sleeves on the shaft 8, which are caused to move together by a pin 31, screwed into one arm and passing freely through a slot 32 in the other. The grippers are oscillated by a link 37 and a cam on the main shaft. As the grippers oscillate, a stationary cam 33 on the shaft 8 allows one gripper arm to move relatively to the other under the influence of the spring 35, and the jaws 27, 28 carried thereby to close upon the sheet. The sheet is delivered vertically against rollers 40, where it is held by an arm 41, which is moved into this position by the head of one of the pins 31. Specification 25,925/08, [Class 94, Packing &c.] is referred to.
Patent GB-190928434-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Billiard-Dining and the like Tables.
Inventor: KITTERIDGE WALTER
IPC: A63D15/04
Filed: 1909-12-06
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 28,434. Kitteridge, W. Dec. 6. Tables, convertible dining and billiard.-The top of a dining-table adapted to be raised for use as a billiard table, has hinged flaps a at each end fitted with rods e held by side plates d. The ends of these rods engage grooves in camplates h fixed to the table framework; the path of the rods while the table is being raised and lowered is shown by arrows in Fig. 4. Specifications 14,218/00 and 4651/03 are referred to.
Patent GB-191011894-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Balancing Apparatus for Aerial Machines and Vessels, and the like.
Inventor: GALEA JOHN
IPC: B64C17/00
Filed: 1910-05-13
Granted: 1910-11-03
Abstract: 11,894. Galea, J. May 13. [Addition to 9805/09.] Planes, construction of; balancing. - In a device for balancing automatically an aerial machine as described in the parent Specification, the efficiency of the balancing-planes is increased by forming them with the upper surface corrugated or providing them with louvres which are opened when the plane is inclined. The devices for operating the planes are also modified. A series of planes 2, Fig. 2, are hinged to the frame 1 as described in the parent Specification referred to, and are formed with corrugations on the upper surface, or the plane is formed of louvres 2<a>, Fig. 4, connected by a cord 35 which passes around a pulley 36 on a shaft 38 geared to the shaft 4 carrying the plane 2 and the operating-pulley 5. The plane is inclined by a cord 6 actuated by an electromagnet 10 and passing around the pulley 5. The controlling-device comprises a wind vane 20, Fig. 7, which sets itself in the direction of the air current and is provided with means for automatically determining the selection of the circuits independently of the pendulum 19. The spindle 21 of the vane carries a pair of insulated spring fingers arranged parallel to the vane 20 and moving over a series of pairs of contacts 18 on the bottom of the switch-box 16. Each pair of contacts is connected with a solenoid for actuating one of the planes, and the circuit to be closed is selected by the windvane. Two rings 25 are arranged around the box 16, and, when the pendulum 19 swings in the guide 22 attached to the upper end of the spindle 21, the electric circuit of the solenoid b for actuating one of the controlling-planes is closed. In another form, a short pendulum 19, Fig. 1, is carried by the spindle of the upper of two gear-wheels 27 mounted in a frame carried by the spindle 21. The lower wheel is provided with an arm 28, adapted to be moved by the swing of the pendulum 19 against the ring 25, to close the circuit of the solenoid b. The arm may be dispensed with, and the pinions 27, Figs. 11 and 12, formed of insulating-material with a sector 27<a> of conducting-material. The pendulum 19 is secured to a spindle 19<a> carrying a sector 19<b>, which gears with a pinion 26<a> on the shaft of the upper wheel 27. The conducting sectors 27<a> of the wheels 27 are normally out of contact, but the movement of the pendulum in one direction brings the sectors into gear and completes the circuit of the operating-solenoid b. In another form, the method of mounting the pendulum and gearwheels, shown in Fig. 12, may be combined with an arm 28 and contact circle 25 as shown in Fig. 9, the gear wheels being made of metal. The vane may be formed of two blades set at an angle of 30 degrees to one another.
Patent GB-191013335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Starting Devices for Electric Motors.
IPC: H02P1/26
Filed: 1910-06-01
Granted: 1911-06-01
Abstract: 13,335. Adams Manufacturing Co., [Cutler Hammer Manufacturing Co.]. June 1. Electro - magnetic switches. - An electromagnetically - actuated oil-immersed double-pole switch has fixed contacts in the form of spring arms 101. The m o vi n g contacts are actuated by a lug 96 on each occupying, in the open position, the upper part of a slot, preferably formed i n non-conducting material, attached to the core of the actuating - solenoid. The contact - arms are not actuated until the plunger has gained momentum sufficient to close or open the switch with a hammer blow. A relay 43 is retarded by a dash-pot, and has two fixed contacts 50, 86, the former being continuously engaged by an arm 51 during part of the movement, and the latter at the end of the movement.
Patent GB-191014499-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electrical Machines.
Inventor: PRICE WILLIAM ARTHUR
IPC: H02M1/22
Filed: 1910-06-15
Granted: 1911-06-15
Abstract: 14,499. Price, W. A. June 15. Commutator switching-arrangements; electrolytic cells, arrangements of. - For converting direct current into single-phase or polyphase alternating current, or into an intermittent unidirectional current, without sparking, commutating-devices are used in conjunction with one or more electrolytic condensers and auxiliary inductive and non-inductive circuits, operating on the principle set forth in Specification 14,380/10. The apparatus may be used for driving alternating-current motors from a direct-current supply, the speed at which it is driven determining the speed of the motors. The commutating-device, Fig. 1, comprises two broad conducting-segments A, B and two pairs of narrow segments C, C' and D, D' connected through inductances C<2>, D<2>, the segments A, B, C, D being connected together by the electrolytic condensers K<1>, K<2>, K<3>, K<4>. Three pairs of brushes E, E', F, F<1>, and G, G' are rotated over the segments about the common axis H, and the brushes E, F, and G are connected through slip-rings to the star-connected windings J<1>, J<2>, J<3> of a three-phase induction motor, inductive resistances J being preferably interposed as shown. The direct-current supply leads are joined to the segments A, B. As the brushes rotate, the breaking of the circuit between the brushes E, E', for example, and the segment A is effected in the following manner:-The brush E<1> first bridges the contacts A, C<1>, thereby enabling the condenser K' to discharge by way of the inductance C<2> and brush E<1>; while the brush E<1> is still bridging the contacts, the brush E bridges the contacts A, C and shunts the condenser through a non- inductive path; as the brushes advance, the inductive shunt is opened first, and the non- inductive shunt next. By reducing the speed of the brushes, the motor may be caused to slow down regeneratively. By using two pairs or a single pair of brushes, single-phase or unidirectional currents may be obtained. For higher impressed direct-current voltages, the number of narrow segments C, C<1>, D; D', condensers, and inductances may be increased. To reduce the number of condensers, the arrangement shown in Fig. 3 may be adopted, the converted current being supplied to the field winding W of a single-phase motor, which is shunted by a condenser W<1>. The commutator has narrow segments L, L' connected to one of the direct-current leads and shunted by inductance V, the main condenser T and a smaller condenser U being joined up as shown.
Patent GB-191014692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Engaging and Disengaging Gear for Attaching and Liberating Boats, and for other purposes.
Inventor: WALKER JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: B63B23/58
Filed: 1910-12-14
Granted: 1911-08-24
Abstract: 14,692. Walker, J. W. Dec. 14. Couplings, automatic.-Relates to locking and releasing gear of the kind in which a rotatable disk D is mounted in a casing A, and both disk and casing are provided with coinciding notches D<Î>, A<1> into which the article to be held is placed and pressed home, thereby revolving the disk until the device is locked by a spring-pressed pawl P engaging a recess D<2> in the disk. According to the present invention, the pawl P carries an antifriction bowl P', which engages with the arc-shaped recess D<2>. The device is unlocked by pulling a lanyard L<1>, thereby depressing a piece L which, with the spring S, holds up the pawl P. The pull on or weight of the article secured then causes the disk D to revolve and unlock the device. A spring C taking into a notch D<3> prevents the disk from rotating too far. In a modification, the device is unlocked by releasing the pawl by pressing a spring-controlled plunger. In another form, the piece L is weighted so as normally to hold up the pawl P. The device may also be used as an automatic coupling for railway vehicles. Specification 7070/07 is referred to.
Patent GB-191019847-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Breech Block Actuating Gear for Ordnance.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
IPC: F41A5/32
Filed: 1910-08-25
Granted: 1911-08-24
Abstract: 19,847. Dawson, Sir A. T., and Buckham, G. T. Aug. 25. Ordnance breech mechanism. - Relates to semi-automatic wedge or screw - breech mechanisms of the type that can be readily converted into quick-firing guns, and consists in arranging the breech-closing spring, together with the toothed rack for compressing the spring, in a casing in the breech-actuating lever, the rack being geared with a segment on the end of the breech-actuating spindle. An additional compression may be given to the spring in wedge-breech mechanisms, at the end of the breech-opening movement, by a lever pivoted to the hand-lever, so that the breech-block is caused to rebound and act as a cartridge-retainer. Fig. 4 is a side elevation and Fig. 5 a sectional plan of the breech-actuating lever. The lever B is formed with a casing B' for the spring B<Î> and rack D<1>. The rack gears with a segment C<Î> on the breech-actuating spindle C, which, at its lower end, has a cam for engagement in the usual manner during the run-out, with the non-recoiling pawl of the semi-automatic device. When the gun is working semi-automatically, the hand-lever B is locked to the gun A by the usual latch b, and the rotation of the spindle C by the pawl effects the compression of the spring B<Î> through the rack D'. When working as a quick-firer, the pawl is rendered inoperative, and the hand-lever B is connected to the spindle C by the rack D' under the action of the spring B<Î>. The wedge-breech mechanisms, a lever B<3> is pivoted to the hand-lever B so that its arm b<2> bears upon the rear abutment b<3Î> of the spring B<Î>. The other arm of the lever has a projection b<5>, which moves in a depression b<6> in the gun A. At the end of the breech - opening movement, the projection b<5> strikes the end of the groove b<6> and rocks the lever B<3> so as to compress the spring B<Î>. The reaction of the spring then causes the rebound of the breech-block.
Patent GB-191021415-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Ball-bearing Roller-skates.
Inventor: BARKER REGINALD WALTER
IPC: A63C17/22
Filed: 1910-09-14
Granted: 1910-11-03
Abstract: 21,415. Barker, R. W., [Barney & Berry]. Sept. 14. Disk wheels.-A ball-bearing wheel for roller skates comprises two dished disks 11, 12, which meet at the rim and slightly diverge towards the centre, where they rest on a single series of balls seated in a groove in a hub sleeve 13. The disks engage the rim centrally by means of projections and recesses. They are formed with registering holes 16, and are connected at intervals by rivets, the result being a tendency for the disks to expand and thus compensate for expansion of the rim by rolling.
Patent GB-191029472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Clamping Matrices for use in Stereotype Casting Machines.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
IPC: B41D3/02
Filed: 1910-12-19
Granted: 1911-07-27
Abstract: 29,472. Lake, H. W., [Vogtlandische Maschinenfabrik vorm. J. C. & H. Dietrich Akt.-Ges.]. Dec. 19. Stereotype. - Matrix clamps for stereotype casting - apparatus are constructed so as to be bodily detachable from the apparatus for the matrix to be inserted and to provide a small amount of adjustment to suit varying lengths of composition. The clamp comprises two similar sets of bars a, c for gripping opposite edges of the matrix i, the bars a having tenons b for connecting them to the apparatus and dovetail or other shaped guides e to receive the locking-devices d. The bars c are notched to embrace the devices d, the upper ends h of which extend over the bars and are formed with lateral projections, thereby permitting a limited lateral adjustment, of the bars to a gauge m which may be inserted between the two sets. The locking - devices are conveniently operated by eccentrics f on studs mounted in the bars a and provided with squared portions l for a key.
Patent GB-191102032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Liquid Soap Distributors or the like.
Inventor: MASSARD FELIX
IPC: A47K5/12
Filed: 1911-01-26
Granted: 1911-09-21
Abstract: 2032. Massard, F., and Jourdain, R., [trading as Massard & Jourdain]. Jan. 26. Diaphragm pumps; valves, arrangement of.- A soap-distributor or the like comprises a reservoir having a disk - shaped distributing - vessel beneath it provided with suction and delivery valves and bounded on each side by a flat elastic diaphragm adapted to be pressed inwards by the fingers, the stroke of the diaphragms being limited by an internal stop. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the suction valve consists of a spring plate s, and the movement of the diaphragms l is limited by a stop r in the form of a cylinder enclosing a spring q for effecting the outward stroke. In the form shown in Fig. 7, a float v serves as the suction valve, and the stop r is modified as shown, two springs q being in this case required to effect the outstroke. In another modification, a removable ball valve is employed as the suction valve.